Turkish president attends G-20 summit in India

By Diyar Guldogan

NEW DELHI (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the 18th G-20 Leaders' Summit on Saturday which began in New Delhi.

India is hosting the two-day summit under the theme "One Earth, One Family, One Future,” where G-20 leaders, in the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, will exchange views in three sessions, hoping to make progress on trade, climate and other global problems.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Erdogan, as he arrived at the meeting venue for the first day of the summit.

Leaders will attend the "One Earth" and "One Family" sessions on the first day.

They will lay wreaths Sunday at international Indian icon Mahatma Gandhi's tomb in New Delhi before attending a tree-planting ceremony.

After the third session, "One Future," they are expected to adopt the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, which is a commitment to priorities discussed and agreed upon during the respective ministerial and working group meetings.

Ankara attaches high importance to the G-20 as a forum bringing together advanced and emerging economies. Therefore, it actively supports further development of the G-20 agenda.

Türkiye hosted the leaders’ summit in southern Antalya province in November 2015 when it held the G-20 presidency in 2015.